Harpactea yanardagi, Kunt & Özkütük, 2023

Kunt, Kadir Boğaç & Özkütük, Recep Sulhi, 2023, New data on the Harpacteinae of Turkey (Araneae, Dysderidae), Zootaxa 5375 (3), pp. 379-408 : 403-404

Harpactea yanardagi sp. nov.

Figs 65–69

Examined materials: Holotype 1 ♂ ( ETZM), DöŞemealtı Dist. , Kızılseki Vill., Entrance of Kocain Cave (37°13’56.60”N 30°42’43.65”E), asl c. 822 m, 26 Mar 2017, leg. Kadir Boğac Kunt. Paratype 1 ♂ ( ETZM), same data as holotype .

Etymology: The specific epithet is a patronym honoring a friend of the first author, biologist Seydi Battal Yanardağ.

Diagnosis: H. yanardagi sp. nov. resembles H. azowensis Charitonov, 1956 , H. cecconii (Kulczyński, 1908) , H. diraoi Brignoli, 1978 , H. isaurica , and H. sanctaeinsulae by the general elongated tegulum and the straight distaly rounded embolus, but it differs from the former species by the the spiniform shape of the embolus ( Figs 67–69 ) and by tegulum and embolus length ratios. In H. sanctaeinsulae , the lengths of the tegulum and embolus are almost equal. In H. azowensis , H. cecconii , and H. diraoi , the embolus is almost half the length of the tegulum. In H. isaurica , the tegulum is more than twice the length of the embolus. However, in Harpactea yanardagi sp. nov., the length of the tegulum is approximately three times the length of the embolus.

Description: Measurements: [Holotype ♂ / Paratype ♂] TL 6.20–6.70; AL 3.30–3.60; CL 2.90–3.10; CW 2.20–2.30; Clh 0.08–0.09; AEd 0.14–0.16; iAE 0.04–0.05; PLEd 0.13–0.15; PMEd 0.12–0.13; ChF 0.38–0.50; ChG 0.45–0.50; ChL 1.25–1.25.

Large harpacteine spiders. Carapace hexagonal; dark brown. Fovea blackish, longitudinal, distinct ( Fig. 65 ).

AE, PLE and PME arranged annularly; AE separated. Sternum, labium, gnatocoxae brown. Chelicerae dark brown with spiny tubercles on the anterior surfaces. There are two pro and two retromarginally positioned teeth in the cheliceral groove. The pro-marginal teeth are larger than the retromarginal teeth and there is a gap between them approximately half of their basal length. The starting point of the first retromarginal tooth in the cheliceral groove is aligned with the centre of the upper promarginal tooth. The first promarginal tooth is larger than the second. The gap between the two is approximately three to four times the width of the base of the first ( Fig. 66 ).

Abdomen grayish, cream; in the form of menhir. Covered with blackish setae ( Fig. 65 ). Legs brown. Palpal segments darker than legs. Leg formula is IV, I, II, III and I, IV, II, III respective for each of the two samples examined. Leg spination and measurements given in tables 15 and 16.

Palp ( Figs 67–69 ): Palpal tarsus is shorter than the tibia. Tegulum oval, slightly swollen distally. Embolus lanceolate, with the distal half slightly curving anteriorly. Conductor and median apophysis absent.

Figures

FIGURES 65–66. Harpactea yanardagi sp. nov. 65. Male, habitus 66. Chelicerae, ventral view (red dots, promarginal; white dots, retromarginal teeth).

FIGURES 67–69. Harpactea yanardagi sp. nov. 67-69. Bulb (left), nearly retrolateral view. Abbrevation: E, embolus; T, tegulum.